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Lexus ES

Every Lexus ES model year on file, 2015 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years13424 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years112015 to 2025
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins352Summed across model years
By model year

The 2019 model year drew the most complaints, 34, 25% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0102030402015201620172018201934202020212022202320242025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the Lexus ES complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
45
Fuel system
17
Brakes
15
Engine and cooling
15
Driver assistance
12
Electrical system
9
Powertrain
8
Structure
6
Speed control
5
Tires
5
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Lexus ES model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Lexus ES by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025Sedan540.01251025
2024Sedan922.21802034
2023Sedan1030.01432068
2022Sedan90.01290037
2021Sedan287.13291048
2020Sedan1816.72001031
2019Sedan3420.62521057
2018Sedan520.0420013
2017Sedan20.0120013
2016Sedan922.2640013
2015Sedan540.0310013
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lexus ES

  • 25V-744 Oct 30, 2025
    Software error may cause the rearview camera to freeze or display a blank screen when the vehicle is in reverse
    Back-over prevention · 1.02M vehicles
  • 24V-124 Feb 21, 2024
    Due to incorrect programming of the parking-assist electronic control unit (ECU) software, the rearview camera image may not immediately display…
    Back-over prevention · 19k vehicles
  • 23V-865 Dec 20, 2023
    Short circuit may develop in the Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensor, preventing the front passenger air bag from deploying
    Airbags · 1000k vehicles
  • 19V-288 Apr 10, 2019
    These vehicles are equipped with a driver knee air bag assembly mounted to the lower instrument panel (IP) that may have been improperly…
    Airbags · 564 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.